Head of Corporate Partnerships

Head of Corporate Partnerships

Barnardo's is looking for an ambitious, strategic and inspiring Head of Corporate Partnerships to lead one of our most important fundraising portfolios at a time of real opportunity and growth. This is a senior leadership role for someone who knows how to build high-value partnerships, lead high-performing teams and unlock long-term income and impact.

You will lead the strategic management of our corporate partnerships portfolio, currently worth £8m+, with a clear ambition to grow it to £12m+ by 2029/30. You will oversee both partnership development and account management, helping shape bold, collaborative and values-led relationships that deliver income, influence, volunteering, gifts in kind, pro bono support and wider social impact.

This is a role for a confident leader who can operate at pace, spot growth opportunities, build strong external networks and work across a complex organisation to bring the very best of Barnardo's to our partners. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across Fundraising, Marketing, Children's Services, Finance, Communications and leadership teams, ensuring our partnerships are strategically aligned, brilliantly delivered and built for the long term.

You will also lead and inspire a talented team, creating a culture that is ambitious, collaborative, externally focused and committed to excellence. From driving new business and strengthening stewardship, to improving ways of working and embedding a strong operating model, you will play a central role in helping Barnardo's grow corporate support in a way that is sustainable, innovative and deeply connected to our mission.

We are looking for someone with a strong track record of delivering and exceeding corporate partnership income targets, leading successful teams, developing strategic growth plans and managing complex, high-value relationships. You will bring commercial awareness, strong judgement, excellent influencing skills and the ability to translate strategy into results. Experience of due diligence, risk assessment and contract negotiation will also be important in this role.

Most of all, we are looking for someone who shares Barnardo's commitment to children and young people, and who can lead with purpose, empathy and ambition.

If you are ready to shape the future of corporate partnerships at one of the UK's leading children's charities, we would love to hear from you.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Barnardo's is currently moving towards a new way of working that provides greater flexibility for you to choose when and where you carry out your responsibilities within the UK and makes job opportunities more accessible. Barnardo's will only expect you to be in an office when necessary and will provide flexible spaces for innovation and collaboration.

We are committed to welcoming people from a diverse background, culture and experience. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

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